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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Like, the fact that you’re taking philosophy classes.

Prof: You probably don’t want an anvil dropped on your toe… unless you’re a masochist. Then you have other problems.
- PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics

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Saturday, September 22, 2007

It was involuntary womanslaughter.

Guy on phone: There was no intention of rape…
(Pause)
Guy on phone: There was no intention of rape.
- Milton

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Friday, September 21, 2007

Complete with anthropomorphic lizards

Dude on the phone: Yeah man, hell yeah, I brought back Guiness. […] You know the Land Before Time? Ireland’s like that.
- Milton and Aylmer

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

I gotta find a new roommate.

Guy (to friend): I woke up this morning, and do you know what Frank was doing? Shitting on my books!
- In front of McConnell Engineering

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Only Canesten® offers a 1-chug cure - the ideal choice for women who prefer the cleanliness and convenience of a single vaginal beverage that rids you of Yeast Infection over just three seconds.

Girl: All these sexual drinks…blowjob…orgasm…slippery nipple…they should have a drink called the Yeast Infection…….and the chaser would be Canesten…
- Peel Pub

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Do you think I should change my Facebook relationship status to “It’s Complicated?”

Rich blonde whore: Even when you’re so happy ’cause you just slept with someone, you still go and screw them over and fuck someone else.
Rich brunette whore: Yeah, some people are like that.
- Outside Leacock 132, before Natural Disasters

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Monday, September 17, 2007

If you can’t do, teach. If you can’t succeed, teach at McGill.

Accounting professor: Ok take out your calculators, cuz I’m not very good at calculating things
- MGCR211 Intro to Financial Accounting

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Same thing.

Girl: Oh God, I thought that girl had a speech impediment, but she’s actually just speaking French…
- Milton Gates

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Yes, but their limbs will remain in Iraq until at least 2009.

Girl: Last night, Bush said that 5,000 soldiers would be sent home from Iraq by the end of the year.
Guy: Alive?
- arts lounge

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Friday, September 14, 2007

No, you’re thinking of the other Jewish event where a big group watch balls drop, commonly known as a Bar Mitzvah.

Gentile girl: So wait how do you say ‘happy new year’ in Hebrew again?
Jewish girl: Shana Tova!
Gentile girl: Okay, Shana Tova then…. wait, I feel like we need some sort of ball-dropping or something.
Jewish girl: What, you mean like adolescent boys?!
- Lorne

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

You’ll recklessly throw it into the Nile in a basket?

Girl 1: I want to be your baby’s godmother!
Girl 2: I’m Jewish…We don’t have godparents!*
Girl 1: Then I’ll be its…Mosesmother!?
- Sherbrooke

(*Jewnote: Jews do in fact have godparents.)

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Instead of one day of Christmas, we have 5 CRAAAAZY nights.

Drunken froshie: Yo, man. What do you think is better? Christmas or Frosh?
- Milton Gates

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

I keep telling him that he’s not a criminal, but a downtrodden member of the dismembered proleteriat living in desperation, but he keeps stealing my laptop.

“I’m having issues with our burlgar…”
- in front of Lola Rosa Cafe

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Monday, September 10, 2007

And, to top it all off, they have no sense of irony!

Guy 1: You know what I hate about the French? They’re rude, annoying, dirty, and standoff-ish…(exasperated sigh), oh and you know what I hate most? They’re so damn…judgemental!
- In front of James Administration Building

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Sunday, September 9, 2007

Strangely, two couples were kicked out because she didn’t say Simon Says.

Female frosh leader: I love the word fuck!!!
(Grabs megaphone from a guy next to her.)
Female frosh leader: “FUCK!!!!!!”
- frosh, lower field

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Saturday, September 8, 2007

It’s not that the initial comment was funny, just that we’re laughing at the Prof for thinking it was.

Prof: “… if we eliminate testosterone, we can eliminate war. And I’m quite certain this quote will show up on Overheard at Mcgill in about five minutes considering how many computers they have here.”

—POLI 244

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Abortions are the new enemas

Girl on phone: So she had an abortion, right?
[PAUSE]
Girl on phone: yeah, but they actually feel surprisingly good!

—Rutheford Physics

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The bitch is too rough. I’ll go with the dog.

Male #1: Okay, okay…Would you rather have sex with a dog or get head from your mom?
(pause)
Male #2: what kind of dog?

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